With the recent lineup changes, I don't see how Delfino doesn't get minutes.
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n June, Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars spoke with Delfino about whether he wanted to remain with the team. Delfino told Dumars his preference would be to stay in Detroit, but if head coach Flip Saunders didn't want him or if he wasn't going to play, a trade might be the best thing for both parties.
Team officials assured Delfino there would be more opportunities to play next season, after several roster changes were made.
"In our face-to-face meetings, he has given us every indication that he wants to play in Detroit, that he doesn't want to be traded, and that he wants to be the best NBA player he can be," John Hammond, Detroit's vice president of basketball operations, said on Monday. "We fully expect him to come in and be a player that will contribute this season."
The Pistons are not that concerned about Delfino's comments to La Nacion. It's one thing for a player to spout off in July. It's a totally different matter if he's making the same comments when training camp begins in October.
"If he says he thinks he should be somewhere else, then I'll be calling you guys together and say, `We just made a trade,' " Dumars said earlier this month. "It's simple. It's not a gray area for me. It's black and white."
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blown out of proportion.
Carlos has got to stop talking or saying anything remotely close to what he is being quoted as saying. Maybe he's venting but he's got to be just be consistent.